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2024-05-17 02:54:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C356B4833BFDF1CBDE2EC83B74EEDA3514759AD1A97B474ABD10A0C405537E90
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This is not arson. It's what's known as a "controlled burn", a proactive strategy to slow and contain wildfires through preemptively burning (you can see the actual wildfire in the background). Yet more disinformation from Fleury, a discredited conspiracy theorist. https://news.gov.bc.ca/factsheets/using-fire-to-fight-fire https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/fear-falsehoods-and-conspiracy-theories-ignite-amid-canadas-wildfires https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfire-conspiracy-bc-1.6855332 https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/05/23/news/wildfire-conspiracy-theories-spread-faster-flames https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-22/conspiracy-theorists-question-climate-change-connection-to-wildfires
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